Belvidere woman gets 7 years for delivering cocaine near church

BELVIDERE — A 27-year-old Belvidere woman was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in prison, after pleading guilty to delivering cocaine to a police informant near a church.

Crystal Cepeda on Feb. 18, 2013, and again on March 12, 2013, delivered around 1.3 grams of “a substance containing cocaine to a cooperating witness” within 1,000 feet of the Seventh Day Adventist Church located at 230 Van Buren St. in Belvidere, according to a statement released by State’s Attorney Michelle Courier.

Delivering narcotics within 1,000 feet of a church is a Class X felony that carries a sentence of up to 30 years in prison and a $500,000 fine.